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1 | AN ACT concerning State government.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | (20 ILCS 415/19a rep.) | ||||||
5 | Section 5. The Personnel Code is amended by repealing | ||||||
6 | Section 19a. | ||||||
7 | Section 10. The Illinois Human Rights Act is amended by | ||||||
8 | adding Section 2-106 as follows: | ||||||
9 | (775 ILCS 5/2-106 new) | ||||||
10 | Sec. 2-106. Interagency Committee on Employees with
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11 | Disabilities. | ||||||
12 | (A) As used in this Section: | ||||||
13 | "State agency" means all officers, boards, commissions, | ||||||
14 | and agencies created by the Constitution, whether in the | ||||||
15 | executive, legislative, or judicial branch, but other than the | ||||||
16 | circuit court; all officers, departments, boards, commissions, | ||||||
17 | agencies, institutions, authorities, universities, bodies | ||||||
18 | politic and corporate of the State; and administrative units or | ||||||
19 | corporate outgrowths of the State government which are created | ||||||
20 | by or pursuant to statute, other than units of local government | ||||||
21 | and their officers, school districts, and boards of election | ||||||
22 | commissioners; all administrative units and corporate |
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1 | outgrowths of the above and as may be created by executive | ||||||
2 | order of the Governor. | ||||||
3 | "State employee" means an employee of a State agency. | ||||||
4 | (B) The Interagency Committee on Employees with
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5 | Disabilities, created under repealed Section 19a of the | ||||||
6 | Personnel Code, is continued as set forth in this Section. The | ||||||
7 | Committee is composed of 18 members as follows: the Chairperson | ||||||
8 | of the Civil
Service Commission or his or her designee, the | ||||||
9 | Director of Veterans' Affairs or his or her designee, the
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10 | Director of Central Management Services or his or her designee, | ||||||
11 | the Secretary of Human Services or his or her designee, the
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12 | Director of Human Rights or his or her designee, the Director | ||||||
13 | of the Illinois Council on Developmental Disabilities or his or | ||||||
14 | her designee, the Lieutenant Governor or his or her designee, | ||||||
15 | the Attorney General or his or her designee, the Secretary of | ||||||
16 | State or his or her designee, the State Comptroller or his or | ||||||
17 | her designee, the State Treasurer or his or her designee, and 7 | ||||||
18 | State employees with disabilities appointed by and
serving at | ||||||
19 | the pleasure of the Governor. | ||||||
20 | (C) The Director of Human Rights and the Secretary of Human
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21 | Services shall serve as
co-chairpersons of the Committee. The | ||||||
22 | Committee shall meet as often as it
deems necessary, but in no | ||||||
23 | case less than 6 times annually at the call of the
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24 | co-chairpersons. Notice shall be given to the members in | ||||||
25 | writing in advance of
a scheduled meeting. | ||||||
26 | (D) The Department of Human Rights shall provide |
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1 | administrative support to the Committee. | ||||||
2 | (E) The purposes and functions of the Committee are: (1) to | ||||||
3 | provide a
forum where problems of general concern to State | ||||||
4 | employees with
disabilities can be raised and methods of their | ||||||
5 | resolution can be suggested
to the appropriate State agencies; | ||||||
6 | (2) to provide a
clearinghouse of information for State | ||||||
7 | employees with disabilities by
working with those agencies to | ||||||
8 | develop and retain such information; (3) to
promote affirmative | ||||||
9 | action efforts pertaining to the employment of
persons with | ||||||
10 | disabilities by State agencies; and (4) to recommend, where
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11 | appropriate, means of strengthening the affirmative action | ||||||
12 | programs for
employees with disabilities in State agencies. | ||||||
13 | (F) The Committee
shall annually make
a complete report to | ||||||
14 | the General Assembly on the Committee's achievements
and | ||||||
15 | accomplishments. Such report may also include an evaluation by | ||||||
16 | the
Committee of the effectiveness of the hiring and | ||||||
17 | advancement practices in
State government. | ||||||
18 | (G) This amendatory Act of the 98th General Assembly is not | ||||||
19 | intended to
disqualify any current member of the Committee from | ||||||
20 | continued membership
on the Committee in accordance with the | ||||||
21 | terms of this Section or the member's
appointment.
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